19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN TURNED BONE 'SELENUS' PATTERN CHESS SET
19TH CENTURY
The kings with tiered galleries, the queens with single petal-shaped galleries, one side stained
The king -- 2 7/8in. (7cm.) high; the pawn -- 1¾in. (4.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The term "Selenus" has been used after a design illustrated in Gustavus Selenus' Das Schach oder König-Spiel, Leipzip 1616. The form was prevalent throughout Germany and Austria in the 19th century. The pieces are generally turned and carved typically from bone in several sections, then threaded together, polished to simulate ivory, and one side stained in either red, black or brown.

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